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A Comedy as Much as a Heist Flick, ‘Any Day Now’ Would Make a Good Double Feature With ‘Riff Raff’
Both are loose-limbed ventures about low-lifes that make affable games of their genre limitations.
One Might Consider Walking Out on ‘Misericordia’ Were It Not Such an Engrossing Experience
Alain Giraudie’s blithe disregard for everyday logic — that is to say, common purpose and consistency of character — will likely prove distasteful or ridiculous to many.
Film Forum Mounting Retrospective of a Filmmaker Whose Reputation Is Due for an Overhaul, René Clair
During the prime of his career, roughly between the late 1920s and the ’40s, Clair was held in high esteem by his peers, with Orson Welles dubbing him ‘a real master.’
Philippe Lesage’s ‘Who By Fire’ Joins a List of Good Recent Films That Navigate the Often Challenging Nature of Family
Although the director stumbles a bit toward the picture’s conclusion, Lesage has created something fulsome: a two-and-a-half-hour sojourn that doesn’t wear out its welcome.
Museum of the Moving Image’s ‘First Look’ Series Showcases a ‘Wide Spectrum of Forms and Practices’
A series of concomitant presentations titled ‘Working On It’ will be held, wherein filmmakers will discuss projects that are in production, many of which touch upon topics that are bound to raise hackles.
Latest Diana Horowitz Exhibition Confirms That an Artist’s Mojo Can Accumulate in Strength and Nuance
For her third solo exhibition at Bookstein Projects, Horowitz is displaying 30 pieces depicting vistas of places both far afield and close to home. Her paintings are small but their purviews are large.
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